Ok, I've got enough firm details that it's time to put this out under it's own topic.

There appears to be enough interest in creating a MBGA Geocoin to make it worth doing. I've had people express an interest in purchasing a total of more than 125 coins, assuming a cost of (roughly) $2.00 each. This total is likely to grow if we send out an email to the entire association membership and/or allow orders from outside the group.

I have a quote for a coin with the following details:

1.25 inches max diameter

'Antique' finish -- basically silverish, copperish, or goldish.

May be a custom shape (ie: need not be circular)

Distinct logo on each side (ie: MGBA logo on one side, GC.com logo on the other, pending GC.com approval)

Totalling the setup costs, per coin costs and taxes result in the following order size / per coin cost:

100 coins: $4.0841 each

150 coins: $3.7563 each

200 coins: $3.5924 each

250 coins: $2.4225 each (Volume price kicks in.)

300 coins: $2.3570 each

400 coins: $2.2750 each

500 coins: $2.0891 each ($1.66 per coin @ 500)

and so on. Moving to a 1.5" coin will add between $0.40 and $0.60 per coin, moving to 1.75" will add $0.80 to $1.20 per, depending on volume.

The "stacked" design mentioned above, which adds $60.00 to the setup, means that a single element of the design will be on a second 'layer' -- the coin we are looking at is essentially a black and white design, where the white is raised above the surface of the coin. The stacked design allows us to add a third 'colour'. My intent was to use this on the MBGA logo, and have the Manitoba outline rasied above the four squares, with the icons in the squares being at the base level of the coin. It addes between $0.20 and $0.60 per coin or so, but I think it's worth it in this case.

I should have confirmation by next week from Geocaching.com regarding their logo use and restrictions. I will also post some preliminary designs, which I'd like comments on.

To begin with, I'd like to people (including the ones who have already done so) to post how many coins they would commit to buying, and what is the most they will be willing to pay, per coin for this number. If the turns out to be lower, and people want to order more when the time comes, that's fine.

For my part, I'm willing to buy 20 coins, at $2.50 each.

I'd also suggest holding off on a mass-notification until we have a final design.

I would likely buy 4 or 5 coins, no matter what the price ... at least within reason.

I've been collecting the various state and country geocoins and can tell you that the non-trackable geocoins generally sell for somewhere between $6 and $8 US each, including shipping. GC.com trackable coins are usually between $8 and $10.

Ok, here's the first draft of the coin. (Yay, Gimp!) Click for a larger version.

As I mentioned before, the province will be laid over top of the four squares of the logo. The large bar on the back side is for the stamped numbers. The "of 999" will be changed to reflect the actual number of coins produced. I've used the copper/bronze colours here -- gold and silver are also options.

Count me in for 50 coins as I will find uses for them and spread them through my own caches and foreign caches. Don't really care about which ones I get except #42 would be nice but grnbrg wants it too so he has first pick. MHz

junglehair wrote:Did you tell them the numbers don't have to be in size 18 font? Seriously, it seems odd to me that they would need that large a space to do the numbering. Are they stamping the numbers or engraving them?-- Edited by junglehair at 14:11, 2005-11-14

Stamping. And it's probably a limitation of the stamper. Engraving is an option, but stamping costs $0.35 per coin, and engraving is $1.75 per coin.

So far people have said they're interested 170 coins, and the $$ commitment is $496. If we order 250 coins, we need to get commitments for another 45 coins. I think that's reasonable to expect. We might even get to the 380 coin limit Geocaching.com has imposed.

I'll contact Dani privately, and decide how the cash should be handled, but I'm going to ballpark an after-tax cost of $2.40 per coin. Watch this space.

And (to everyone) if you haven't filled in the poll, please do. Makes for a better estimate.

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